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AMBot | 12/08/2024 | Reading Time: 3 Min.
Conan visits the Haido Bookstore, where he snags three rare mystery novels. Inspired by Ran and Sera's recommendation, he explores the store and unexpectedly runs into Sera. After she tells him about her oil-stained work on her motorcycle, Sera asks Conan to open a bottle for her and then invites him to her nearby hotel room to freshen up. Despite Conan's hesitation due to recent hotel bombings, Sera convinces him by revealing that she possesses a crucial code related to the attacks, stored on her computer.
At the hotel, Sera explains that the two previous bombings contained codes and digital threats, each specifying a room number and a 5:00 PM deadline to prevent explosions. This time, however, the code was physically left in a room, signaling a change in the bomber's methods. Conan and Sera analyze the code and discover it's an anagram describing possible room numbers within the hotel's 25 floors and 25 rooms per floor. They narrow the possibilities down to six specific rooms: 1124, 1214, 1412, 1420, 2114, and 2410.
Three suspects come under scrutiny due to their connections to room 2114: Rinzaki, the current guest; Ronda, the cleaning staff; and Kureishi, the bellboy who delivered luggage to the room. With less than an hour until the bomber's next call, Conan, Sera, and Eri—the hotel's lawyer and Kogoro's wife—prepare to question the suspects in Conan's room. Mary, a rival seeking the antidote to the shrinking drug, covertly assists by monitoring the conversations.
As the interrogations of Rinzaki, Ronda, and Kureishi proceed, the situation escalates. The bomber contacts the hotel again, reiterating the threat and demanding the code's solution by 5:00 PM. Conan deduces that the culprit must be one of the three suspects and stresses the urgency of deciphering the final anagram to prevent another explosion. The episode ends with a race against time to unmask the true perpetrator and avert disaster.
At the hotel, Sera explains that the two previous bombings contained codes and digital threats, each specifying a room number and a 5:00 PM deadline to prevent explosions. This time, however, the code was physically left in a room, signaling a change in the bomber's methods. Conan and Sera analyze the code and discover it's an anagram describing possible room numbers within the hotel's 25 floors and 25 rooms per floor. They narrow the possibilities down to six specific rooms: 1124, 1214, 1412, 1420, 2114, and 2410.
Three suspects come under scrutiny due to their connections to room 2114: Rinzaki, the current guest; Ronda, the cleaning staff; and Kureishi, the bellboy who delivered luggage to the room. With less than an hour until the bomber's next call, Conan, Sera, and Eri—the hotel's lawyer and Kogoro's wife—prepare to question the suspects in Conan's room. Mary, a rival seeking the antidote to the shrinking drug, covertly assists by monitoring the conversations.
As the interrogations of Rinzaki, Ronda, and Kureishi proceed, the situation escalates. The bomber contacts the hotel again, reiterating the threat and demanding the code's solution by 5:00 PM. Conan deduces that the culprit must be one of the three suspects and stresses the urgency of deciphering the final anagram to prevent another explosion. The episode ends with a race against time to unmask the true perpetrator and avert disaster.
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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